Remillard Brick Co.

Occurrence in Marin county in California, United States with commodity Clay
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10030786
MRDS ID M009191
Record type Site
Current site name Remillard Brick Co.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.51412, 37.9524 (WGS84)
Relative position AT GREENBRAE. THE RUINS OF THE KILN MAY BE SEEN JUST EAST OF THE HUTCHINSON CO. QUARRY. THE PIT WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF THE PLANT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marin(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

San Rafael(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

San Francisco(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

San Francisco(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Pablo Bay(hydrologic unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic accounting unit)

San Francisco Bay(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Marin

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 01N 06W 10,11 California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.51412, 37.9524

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • REMILLARD BRICK CO. BUILT A PLANT IN 1891 (THERE MAY HAVE BEEN A BRICK YARD HERE EARLIER) AND MADE COMMON BRICK BY SOFT MUD PROCESS. THE BRICK YARD WAS CLOSED AT END OF 1913 AND NEVER OPERATED AGAIN. A LEASE WAS ENTERED INTO IN 1926 FOR USE OF THE PROPERTY TO MANUFACTURE FLOOR TILE, BUT THERE IS NO RECORD OF ANY PRODUCTION.

Comments on the workings information

  • PIT, ONE KILN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOL. V. 51, NO. 3, JULY 1955, P. 252, 278, PL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Gere, W. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative California resources

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